I'll confirm the shad stories, but I would be shocked if DNR had any hand in introducing or supplementally stocking shad into the lake. They first appeared in 1996 according to DNR survey records, and pretty much once you have shad (gizzards), you never "not" have them. No need to introduce as they never go away regardless how many predators you stock, or what you try to do to kill them off. I think the wording on Tim's website is actually referring to their (1996) appearance and not to their being stocked. DNR pretty much hates shad because it usually ends up destroying a balanced fishery. They are the reason they've renovated Boggs twice, along with a few other reservoirs. The crappie are simply too prolific and successfully spawning in Patoka for some reason, hence you have large numbers which leads to stunted growth despite estimates of as many as 100,000 harvested crappie per year from the lake. Adding stripers and walleye is their way of actually trying to help control ( i.e., reduce) the shad population. Now that yellows have been found in the lake, that will also put pressure on crappie growth.

-T9